Article: Silicon-based supplement shows significant benefits for hair, skin and nails.(RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS)(Brief Article)

Article: Pop: Snogging blokes in eyeliner is so passe Placebo Brixton Academy, London
The Independent - London;  November 5, 2000 ;     601 words ...Placebo are one of those bands who have sold millions of records...the first. The reason why most people have never heard of Placebo, and why an even smaller segment of the populace could...singer or whistle one of their tunes is simple. It's because Placebo are rubbish. Their glam-grunge repertoire is ...

Article: How Real Is The Placebo Effect?(Brief Article)
Newsweek International;  June 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ......will. The conventional wisdom about this placebo effect, which harks back to a paper published...Some doctors have even proposed using the placebo effect as a bona fide medical treatment...ammunition, suggesting that the power of placebo is a myth. The study certainly gores some...

Article: The Origin of Emo (Blame Placebo)
The Hunter Envoy;  November 22, 2006 ;     290 words ...The Origin of Emo (Blame Placebo) Placebo's that band with the really nasal lead singer. No, not Fall Out...seemingly, any band that is currently popular. Before emo, there was Placebo. Placebo is not a band that I've ever seen credited as being...

Article: A little bit of sugar. . .(placebo effect questioned)(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report;  June 4, 2001 ;     395 words ......researchers struck a blow against the placebo, saying they found little evidence that...dash of cold water comes at a time when placebos have gained increasing interest as a legitimate...three-day conference on The Science of the Placebo to plan how best to use faux cures. Chancy...

Article: Phase III Clinical Studies of Aclidinium Bromide Show Statistical Significance vs. Placebo in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).(Clinical report)
Biotech Week;  September 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......statistically significant difference vs. placebo in the primary endpoint trough FEV1, a...demonstrated a significant difference vs placebo in trough FEV1 at 12 weeks (p-value <0...The effect of aclidinium compared to placebo in trough FEV1 was maintained over one...

Article: Placebo's impact in brain surprises researchers studying depression.
The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  January 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......antidepressant, plus a dummy pill, or placebo. The scientists wanted to know _ without...seen among patients who improved on the placebo, the scientists report this month in the...Psychiatry. We were just looking at the placebo group as a control group, says Dr. Andrew...

Article: Placebo Is Safe, Ethical In Short-Term Studies Of Drugs.(for hypertension )
Drug Week;  July 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......by comparing them against an inactive placebo is ethical and safe in short-term studies...fact, the general practice of using a placebo to test the effectiveness of new drugs...effects among patients who received a placebo than there were among patients receiving...

Article: Placebo's impact in brain surprises researchers studying depression.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......antidepressant, plus a dummy pill, or placebo. The scientists wanted to know _ without...seen among patients who improved on the placebo, the scientists report this month in the...Psychiatry. We were just looking at the placebo group as a control group, says Dr. Andrew...

Article: Placebo Is Safe, Ethical In Short-Term Studies Of Drugs.(new drugs for hypertension)
Heart Disease Weekly;  July 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......by comparing them against an inactive placebo is ethical and safe in short-term studies...fact, the general practice of using a placebo to test the effectiveness of new drugs...effects among patients who received a placebo than there were among patients receiving...

Article: When is a placebo effect not an effect?
Clinical Medicine;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......not effective when trials have shown a placebo effect. This should be rephrased 'that...treatment is not more effective than the placebo' if we are not to confuse ourselves and...acupuncture, alternative medicine, pain, placebo The otherwise excellent review of reviews...

Article: The biological basis of the placebo effect
The Scientist;  December 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of a mysterious medical phenomenon The placebo effect baffles patients, confounds clinicians...evidence that describes the hardwiring of the placebo effect-that is, the impact of symbolic...Understanding the biological basis of the placebo effect has potentially wide-ranging implications...

Article: Placebo's Effect on Pain May Equal a Dose of Morphine
The Washington Post;  January 19, 1987 ;     359 words ...A placebo given for pain may be as effective as 8...dose, medical researchers have found. A placebo is any pill, potion or procedure that has...prove effective in treating some illness. Placebo drugs are often merely sugar pills. A mother...

Article: Dylan Evans Placebo. The Belief Effect.(Book review)
Bandolier;  February 1, 2004 ;     633 words ...Dylan Evans Placebo. The Belief Effect. Harper Collins London...sterling] pp204 This book is about the placebo effect, the intriguing phenomenon itself...mechanism. The structure is first to look at placebos in the context of medical trials, as...

Article: CD REVIEW: Placebo's 'Pure Morning'
University Wire;  March 5, 1999 ;     337 words ......The Maneater) (U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Placebo put out a pretty little sugar pill for...intelligent or skilled in songwriting, Placebo's lyrics are trite and annoying. Brian...his nasally, pseudo-feminine voice, but Placebo is just a whiny post-punk Rush. There...